John Dyess

John Dyess of Yellville is a new member of the South Shore Foundation Board of Directors. He is the president of two companies, Altronic Research Inc., which manufactures equipment for the broadcast industry, and Power Film Systems. Dyess begins a three-year term in February. South Shore Foundation’s parent company is Northern Arkansas Telephone Company.

Dyess said he was pleased to accept the position on the South Shore Foundation Board because of his interest in community and economic development. Dyess has lived in the area for more than 30 years. He previously lived at Grand Prairie, Texas, and attended the University of Texas at Arlington. Under his leadership, Altronic Research received the national Presidential E-Star Award for Excellence in Exporting and yearly Arkansas Quality Awards. Additional awards include the Radio World Cool Stuff Award in 2003, and the Arkansas Better Business Bureau Torch Award in 2004.

Dyess is chairman of the Marion County Regional Airport, chairman of the local Arkansas Workforce Board, and is a past Justice of the Peace on the Marion County Quorum Court from District 9. He serves on the board of Branson Bank in Branson, Mo.

Dyess is a charter member of Mid-Marion County Rotary Club and a member of Living Word Church. His interests include farming, flying, sailing, and skiing. Dyess and his wife, Ann, have two sons and three daughters, one at home.

Members of the board of directors are leaders in business, government, and education in Marion and Boone counties, the area served by NATCO. To contact the South Shore Foundation, call 1-888-SSHORE1. NATCO is a family-owned and operated company in Flippin since 1951 with telephone exchanges at Flippin, Bull Shoals, Diamond City, Lead Hill, Pyatt, and Omaha.